Jul 21, 2026 · 101 turns
Spell mechanics as of July 2026
These are the in-game card values, read straight off the spell cards. Mechanics can change between patches. This is a snapshot of patch 2026.07, not a lookup for any one match.
- mana cost
- casts per match
- restriction
- cost drops per cast
- drawback
- delayed
- random
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Slip
1 mana ×5 casts per matchMove a piece 1 square diagonally. Steal 1 mana.
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Juke
2 mana ×4 casts per matchMove a piece up to 2 squares vertically. It can pass through pieces. Steal 1 mana.
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Shift
2 mana ×6 casts per matchMove a piece horizontally in any distance. It can move past pieces.
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Bis-Hop2.0
3 mana ×6 casts per matchMake a Bishop leap over one piece. It can capture.
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Pengu Dive
3 mana ×6 casts per matchTeleport a piece to an empty square within a 5x5 area.
Restriction Cannot target a Pawn.
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Parkour Mech
3 mana ×2 casts per matchTransform a piece into a Knight.
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Shot in The Dark
3 mana ×3 casts per matchMake a piece invisible for 1 turn. You may move it or leave it in place.
Restriction Cannot target a Queen.
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Imposter
4 mana ×3 casts per matchSwap one of your pieces with an enemy piece of the same type.
Restriction Cannot target a Pawn or King.
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House Recruit
4 mana ×2 casts per matchCreate a Pawn on an empty square between ranks 3 and 6.
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Pounce And Purr
4 mana ×2 casts per matchLeap to an adjacent empty square and stun a nearby piece for 1 turn.
Restriction Cannot stun a King.
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Transcendence
5 mana ×2 casts per matchSelect a piece. It can wrap across the left and right edges once, and can capture.
Restriction Cannot target a King.
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Pengu Blast
5 mana ×2 casts per match Delayed effectPlace up to 3 connected bombs on ranks 2 to 7. They detonate after 3 turns and destroy everything in range.
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Chaos Summon
6 mana ×2 casts per match Random outcomeSummon a piece between ranks 3 and 6. Knight, Bishop or Rook at 30% each, Pawn at 10%.
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Queen Time
7 mana ×1 cast per matchMove a Knight, Bishop or Rook as a Queen once. It can capture.
Restriction Cannot target a King.
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Plasma Beam
8 mana ×1 cast per match Drawback: You skip your next turn.A Rook fires a beam, including diagonally, destroying everything up to 4 squares.
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Power Infusion
8 mana to start ×5 casts per matchPromote a piece by one tier, up to Rook.
Scaling Each cast reduces this spell's cost by 1, so the listed cost is the starting cost only.
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Tactical Necessity
0 mana ×4 casts per matchSacrifice a piece to destroy an enemy piece of lower value. Gain 4 mana.
Condition The target must be lower value than the piece sacrificed.
Rook Dive Timeout
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Full coaching breakdown
White's Seat
White handled a chaotic spell mix by turning swaps and dives into active rook play rather than chasing material.
- goodFlexible spell-aware start
b2-b3 fit the draft by opening c1-b2 pressure while keeping Imposter and Penguin Dive targets flexible.
- goodClean swap use
The a1 and a4 swap gave White the active rook on a4 while stranding the black rook on a1.
- riskyQueen swap tension
Swapping d1 and c7 created a temporary queen imbalance, so White needed the rook on f1 to be ready for d1.
- goodRook dive
Penguin Dive from b4 to c6 placed the rook beside the king and created active rook chances immediately.
- goodKing escape
The king dive from e1 to g2 stepped away from the a1 rook and left White's kingside pawns connected.
When the spell mix creates loose rooks, White's best moments came from making the rook active before collecting pawns.
Black's Seat
Black found tactical resources but spent too many king moves and let White's rook choose the theater.
- riskyEarly material spell
Tactical Necessity sacrifices the c8 bishop to remove the knight on f3 and raises Black's mana from three to seven, accepting material loss for immediate spell access.
- goodQueen Time defense
Queen Time from d7 to c7 removed White's queen and reduced the danger around the black king.
- goodUseful recruit
House Recruit on d4 created a pawn that attacked c3 and helped break White's minor-piece cluster.
- riskyCostly trade
Tactical Necessity from b6 to c3 traded the bishop for a knight while leaving the rook on b4 untouched.
- mistakeLoosened kingside
The pawn advances from f7 to f6 and leaves f7 empty on the rook's seventh-rank line.
- riskyBack-rank distraction
a2-a1 reached White's back rank, but the king on e1 still had a dive target on g2 and the h6 pawn remained dangerous.
Black needed to challenge the active rook sooner instead of using the king to collect pawns while White's passer advanced.
The Verdict
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White's active rook and safer king outweighed Black's pawn grabs, and the timeout sealed a position where Black still had urgent defensive choices.
Black chose c5xb5 for a pawn, moving the king away from the rook on c6 and allowing c7 to become the entry point.
The final position is unbalanced, with Black's rook active on a1 and White relying on king safety, the rook on f5, and the h-pawn.